Ignaz Waibl

One of Ignaz Waibel's greatest works: The choir stalls in Buxheim Monastery

St. Afra in the parish church of Reutte

Ignaz Waibl also known as Ignatzius Woibl (* 1661 in Grins near Landeck ; † February 28, 1733 in Heimertingen ) was a Tyrolean wood sculptor and carver who created sculptures that were among the most important of their era.

Life

Ignaz was the son of Thomas Waibel and Eva Wucherer. His teacher was Melchior Lechleitner. Ignaz was acquitted in 1681 after five years of apprenticeship.

In 1683 he created the angel altar in the parish church of Saints Georg and Nikolaus in Oetz in Tyrol. Evidently from 1708 he lived in Heimertingen in Germany, a few kilometers from the Buxheim monastery in Upper Swabia . Commissioned by Prior Johannes Bilstein, he created the sculptures of the choir stalls for the Charterhouse of Buxheim from 1687 to 1691 and the carvings of the celebrant's seat and two side altars from 1699 to 1700 . These works are among the most important baroque wood sculptures.

Around 1705 he worked on the redesign of the deanery church in Breitenwang in Reutte in Tyrol. Here is the only more extensive evidence of his work in Tyrol.

Works

• 1683 Altar in the lower church of the parish church of Oetz with a relief of the hell's throat in the predella
• 1687/1691 Buxheimer choir stalls
• around 1690 Figures of Peter and Paul on the high altar in the parish church of Breitenwang
• around 1720 Figures of Afra and Magnus in the Reutte parish church
• The good shepherd in the choir of St. Ulrich in Amendingen

literature

• Waibl, Ignaz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 61 .

Web links

Commons : Ignaz Waibl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Ignaz Waibl in the catalog of the German National Library